Tuesday 13 October 2009 - flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBE flying in Olympic colours

Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBE positioned back from Norwich as the

"BE 039P" after painting into Olympic colours - after spending

the morning parked on Stand 23....

.

.... it entered service with flybe operating the "BE 7005" to Aberdeen
.

KLM cityhopper Fokker 70 PH-KZS operated their "KL 1422"

service to Amsterdam - its first visit to BHX - it was formerly

F-GLIS with Air France subsidiary Regional
.

Eurowings BAe 146-200 D-ACFA operated the mid morning

Lufthansa service to Frankfurt

.

Thomas Cook Boeing 757-21K G-WJAN operated their flight to Toronto
.
PIA Boeing 777-240ER AP-BGL operated their flight from Islamabad
.

Boeing 737-73T BBJ N500LS which had arrived on Monday

evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron

Monday 12 October 2009 - Pilatus PC-12 G-DAKI visits the Elmdon apron

Pilatus PC-12 G-DAKI was a morning visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.

.... as was Skyservice Gulfstream 550 C-GNDN
.
Air Med Learjet 35A G-JMED was an afternoon visitor operating
an air ambulance flight before positioning to their base at Oxford
.
Air Malta Airbus A320-214 9H-AEN operated
their scheduled service to Malta

Sunday 11 October 2009 - Piper Saratoga G-HYLT visits the Elmdon apron

Piper Saratoga G-HYLT was a visitor to the Elmdon apron....

.

.... while Eurojet Citation Bravo G-FCDB spent the day parked up

Saturday 10 October 2009 - Miniliner Friendship I-MLXT operates freight charter from Krakow

Miniliner Fokker Friendship F 27-500F I-MLXT which had arrived

from Krakow on Friday evening departed to Dusseldorf - the aircraft

has different schemes on each side of the aircraft!

.

Friday 9 October 2009 - ADAC Dornier 328JET D-BADC visits on air ambulance flight

ADAC Dornier 328JET D-BADC arrived on an Air Ambulance flight

- after refueling it continued to Keflavik in Iceland. The aircraft is

operated on behalf ADAC - the German AA - by Aero Dienst

.

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Bell 222 N800HL was a visitor to the Elmdon apron
.

Miniliner Fokker Friendship F 27-500F I-MLXT was an
evening arrival on a priority freight charter from Krakow
parking on the Elmdon apron

Thursday 8 October 2009 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CGV early morning arrival from Katowice

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12B UR-CGV was an early morning
arrival from Katowice on another freight charter....

.

.... parking on the Elmdon apron
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After offloading the cargo it departed to Kosice....
.
.... making another signature departure off Runway 33
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Miniliner Fokker Friendship 500F I-MLRT was another

morning arrival on a priority freight charter

Wednesday 7 October 2009 - Air Berlin Airbus A320 D-ABDR operates their flight to Hannover

Air Berlin Airbus A320-214 D-ABDR operated their flight to

Hannover - the aircraft is in their interim new colour scheme
.

Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAO operated their service to Alicante
- the aircraft wears additional "Pride of Scotland" titles

.

Capital Trading Beech Super King Air G-KVIP was

a visitor to the Elmdon apron

Tuesday 6 October 2009 - Royal Jet Boeing BBJ A6-DAS diverts in from Luton

Royal Jet Boeing 737-7Z5 BBJ A6-DAS was an unexpected

overnight arrival diverting in from Luton in the early hours of

the morning - it spent the day parked on the Elmdon apron

.

CityLine Hungary Antonov 26 HA-TCN was an evening arrival

operating a priority freight charter from Stuttgart....
.

.... parking on the already packed Elmdon apron and swinging

round to show its rear cargo door
.

Monday 5 October 2009 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CAH departs back to Katowice

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BK UR-CAH climbs off Runway 15....
.

.... the aircraft - which had arrived from Katowice on Saturday

evening had spent the morning parked up on the Elmdon apron
.

.... before departing to Katowice to collect another cargo of freight
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.... making another signature departure as it climbed away!
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Aeronova Metro III EC-HCH which had arrived on a freight charter
on Sunday evening spent the day parked up on the Elmdon apron
.
Cyprus Turkish Boeing 737-8S3 TC-MZZ operated their
weekly flight to Ercan, Northern Cyprus, via Dalaman

Sunday 4 October 2009 - Turkish Boeing 737 TC-JFH flying in "Star Alliance" colours

Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JFH operarted their service

to Istanbul - the aircraft is in the "Star Alliance" colour scheme

.

Eurocypria Boeing 737-8Q8 5B-DBV operated their flight to Larnaca
.

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BK UR-CAH spent the day parked up

on the Elmdon apron after arriving from Katowice on Saturday night

Saturday 3 October 2009 - Meridian Antonov 12 UR-CAH evening arrival from Katowice

Meridian Aviation Antonov 12BK UR-CAH was an evening

arrival on the "Katowice airlift" with yet more freight
.

Comco Boeing 757-23A N226G which has been parked up on Stand 83

since it arrived on Thursday afternoon departed....

. .
.... as did Gulfstream IV N478GS
.

Miniliner Fokker Friendship 500F I-MLHT finally departed
after its extending stay at BHX....
.
.... while I-MLRT remained parked up on the Elmdon apron
.
As Ireland voted "Yes" Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-EFP operated
their morning service from Dublin - it wears additional ".... say
Yes to Europe" titles in support of the second Irish referendum
on the EU Lisbon Treaty that was held on Friday 2 October 2009

Friday 2 October 2009 - another busy day for freighters on the Elmdon apron

A busy early morning on the Elmdon apron....

.

.... but a quiet daytime for freighter movements with three Fokker

Friendships spending the day parked up - I-MLHT (right) and

I-MLRT (rear) of Miniliner....

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.... and HA-FAD of Farnair Europe
.
Two Army Air Corps Dauphin 2's were early morning visitors
to the Elmdon apron - ZJ782 (above) and ZJ780 (below)
.
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Dash 8Q-400 G-FLBE arrived from Reykjavik at the end of its
delivery flight from Canada - flybe are planning to lease this
aircraft to Olympic Air and it will be going to Norwich in due
course for to be painting into their colour scheme
.
flybe Dash 8Q-400 G-KKEV "Kevin Keegan" has now lost the black nose
it gained when he lost his job as Manager at Newcastle United FC -
http://bhxflightguide.blogspot.com/2008/12/thursday-4-december-2008.html
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Blue Line MD 83 F-GMLX operated the morning Air France service
to Paris CDG in place of the usual CityJet Avro RJ85